安心立命

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Chinese

to be relieved; to feel at ease; to keep one's mind on something
trad. (安心立命) 安心 立命
simp. #(安心立命) 安心 立命

Pronunciation

Idiom

安心立命

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (安心立命):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
安 心 立 命
あん
Grade: 3 		しん
Grade: 2 		りつ
Grade: 1 		めい
Grade: 3
on'yomi kan'on

Etymology

Analyzable as a compound of 安心 (anshin, “peace of mind”, a term connected with Buddhism, literally “easygoing + mind”) +‎ 立命 (ritsumei, “peace of mind”, a term connected with Confucianism, literally “upright + life”).[1][2][3][4]

The latter component 立命 (ritsumei) is only attested relatively recently, and generally in combination with 安心 (anshin), indicating that this may have been borrowed in toto from Chinese 安心立命 (ānxīnlìmìng) as a 四字熟語 (yoji jukugo, “four-character aphorism”).

First attested in a text from 1891.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

安(あん)心(しん)立(りつ)命(めい) • (anshinritsumei) 

  1. spiritual peace and enlightenment

Verb

安(あん)心(しん)立(りつ)命(めい)する • (anshinritsumei suru) intransitive suru (stem 安(あん)心(しん)立(りつ)命(めい)し (anshinritsumei shi), past 安(あん)心(しん)立(りつ)命(めい)した (anshinritsumei shita))

  1. keep peace of mind via faith
    • 2006, 町田宗鳳 [Machida Soho], 上田紀行 [Ueda Noriyuki], 「生きる力」としての仏教, page 166:
      そこを離れ、安心立命するためには、〈近代知〉で固められた意識に突破口をあけなければなりません。
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "安心立命する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 安心立命し あんしんりつめいし anshinritsumei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 安心立命し あんしんりつめいし anshinritsumei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 安心立命する あんしんりつめいする anshinritsumei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 安心立命する あんしんりつめいする anshinritsumei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 安心立命すれ あんしんりつめいすれ anshinritsumei sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 安心立命せよ¹
安心立命しろ² 		あんしんりつめいせよ¹
あんしんりつめいしろ² 		anshinritsumei seyo¹
anshinritsumei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 安心立命される あんしんりつめいされる anshinritsumei sareru
Causative 安心立命させる
安心立命さす 		あんしんりつめいさせる
あんしんりつめいさす 		anshinritsumei saseru
anshinritsumei sasu
Potential 安心立命できる あんしんりつめいできる anshinritsumei dekiru
Volitional 安心立命しよう あんしんりつめいしよう anshinritsumei shiyō
Negative 安心立命しない あんしんりつめいしない anshinritsumei shinai
Negative continuative 安心立命せず あんしんりつめいせず anshinritsumei sezu
Formal 安心立命します あんしんりつめいします anshinritsumei shimasu
Perfective 安心立命した あんしんりつめいした anshinritsumei shita
Conjunctive 安心立命して あんしんりつめいして anshinritsumei shite
Hypothetical conditional 安心立命すれば あんしんりつめいすれば anshinritsumei sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ “安心立命”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  4. ^ “安心立命”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
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